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In 2021, 264 farmers in cities within Coahoma County received a total of $14.2 million in 489 farm subsidies, a 62% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $37.5 million in 852 farm subsidies.
Though farm subsidies support agriculture in the U.S., pumping $7 trillion into the economy, they are not without controversy.
The American Action Forum discovered that the most highly subsidized crops - corn, soy, wheat, and rice - are often consumed in highly processed ways, which leads to unhealthy eating habits and obesity, while the fruits and vegetables needed for a healthy diet are rarely subsidized.
"We are consuming more calories, fats, sodium, and sugars, and not enough beneficial nutrients and vitamins," Tara O'Neill Hayes wrote. "It is critical that both policymakers and the American public understand the influence that federal agricultural subsidies have on our food supply and diet and, in turn, our nutrition and health."
Farm subsidies have also been criticized for assisting the highest-earning agricultural businesses, not local farmers on their family farms who are barely getting by.
Kimberly Amadeo of The Balance said farmer subsidies "help high-income corporations, not poor rural farmers. Most of the money goes toward large agribusinesses."
The U.S. has provided farm subsidies since the Great Depression to assist farmers who weather price fluctuations and disasters, to help maintain consistent farming across the country.
Farmers and Their Subsidies in Cities Associated with Coahoma County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Shetler Farms | $905,738 | $323,718 | -64.3% |
| Home Cypress Farms | $954,488 | $321,262 | -66.3% |
| Wolf Lake Farms | $735,834 | $253,168 | -65.6% |
| Passageway Farms | $878,824 | $252,859 | -71.2% |
| Mascot Planting Company | $431,200 | $249,906 | -42% |
| Charles Antici Farms | $785,513 | $247,133 | -68.5% |
| Bellview Planting Company | $487,135 | $215,009 | -55.9% |
| Dickerson Farms | $346,743 | $210,290 | -39.4% |
| Buford Lake Planting Partners | $737,414 | $203,763 | -72.4% |
| Matagorda Farms | $766,800 | $200,177 | -73.9% |
| Flat Grassy Farms | $611,320 | $199,283 | -67.4% |
| St. Jude Planting Company | $301,016 | $196,017 | -34.9% |
| Gen 4 Farms | $426,246 | $194,947 | -54.3% |
| Rodgers Planting Company | $626,191 | $193,267 | -69.1% |
| Homewood Planting Company | $455,927 | $192,827 | -57.7% |
| C & a Planting Company | $310,134 | $189,358 | -38.9% |
| Agostinelli Farms Partnership II | $476,091 | $183,795 | -61.4% |
| Triple H Planting Company II | $579,868 | $181,591 | -68.7% |
| Massey Planting Company | $665,260 | $178,162 | -73.2% |
| Johnson Planting Company | $334,300 | $173,305 | -48.2% |
| Westside Farms | $366,632 | $168,762 | -54% |
| Coldwater Planting Company | $377,058 | $164,923 | -56.3% |
| Campbell Brothers Farm No 2 | $313,992 | $164,715 | -47.5% |
| Eggleston Farms | $477,222 | $164,470 | -65.5% |
| Delta Planting Company II | $549,918 | $164,191 | -70.1% |
| Long Lake Farms | $561,453 | $162,673 | -71% |
| K & T Planting | $415,853 | $162,065 | -61% |
| Double B. Farms | $631,170 | $161,223 | -74.5% |
| Ferri & Ferri Farms | $327,048 | $159,233 | -51.3% |
| Lake Charles Trees Partnership | $157,615 | $157,615 | 0% |
| Cypress Brake Farms Partnership | $243,554 | $153,321 | -37% |
| Increase Farms | $480,764 | $152,990 | -68.2% |
| Old River Planting Company | $402,662 | $152,617 | -62.1% |
| Agostinelli Brothers Partnership | $458,472 | $148,503 | -67.6% |
| Easyway Farms | $449,147 | $145,437 | -67.6% |
| Bass Farms | $603,632 | $145,047 | -76% |
| Prairie Farms | $210,230 | $136,614 | -35% |
| Levee View Planting Company | $441,291 | $136,577 | -69.1% |
| Walton Farms Partnership | $495,441 | $135,789 | -72.6% |
| H & H Farms | $480,279 | $134,760 | -71.9% |
| Barksdale Farms | $443,826 | $133,272 | -70% |
| Heaton Farms II | $490,823 | $132,647 | -73% |
| Heaton Land Company II | $461,104 | $130,035 | -71.8% |
| Big River Farms | $336,990 | $128,833 | -61.8% |
| Crumpton Farms II | $216,745 | $128,087 | -40.9% |
| Shelby Farms Partnership | $234,432 | $123,901 | -47.1% |
| LC Farms, Inc. | $86,627 | $123,372 | 42.4% |
| North Delta Farms | $418,178 | $119,958 | -71.3% |
| Smith Planting Company | $212,676 | $116,020 | -45.4% |
| Moon Lake Farms | $335,252 | $115,674 | -65.5% |
| Brushy Lake Farms of Bolivar Company | $466,670 | $114,329 | -75.5% |
| Unruh Farms | $234,013 | $113,444 | -51.5% |
| SBP, Inc. | $132,062 | $112,128 | -15.1% |
| County Line Farms | $342,743 | $110,806 | -67.7% |
| Barksdale Planting Company | $332,434 | $110,390 | -66.8% |
| Marlon Farms II | $324,409 | $108,984 | -66.4% |
| Bayou View Farms, LLC | $277,463 | $108,691 | -60.8% |
| Omega Farms | $405,541 | $108,462 | -73.3% |
| Evans Planting Company a Partnership | $399,790 | $103,994 | -74% |
| S C & B, Inc. | $144,829 | $102,579 | -29.2% |
| BWH Farms | $247,567 | $100,907 | -59.2% |
| HBR Farms | $301,176 | $98,173 | -67.4% |
| Flea Harbor Farms | $303,843 | $97,904 | -67.8% |
| TNT Farms | $309,668 | $96,772 | -68.7% |
| Ellendale Land Company | $317,692 | $93,870 | -70.5% |
| Lyon Planting Company | $55,421 | $91,746 | 65.5% |
| Charles Hughes Farms, Inc. | $71,450 | $90,142 | 26.2% |
| Riverdale Planting Company | $265,591 | $87,960 | -66.9% |
| Southland Farms | $208,116 | $87,195 | -58.1% |
| C & G Planting Company | $271,624 | $82,468 | -69.6% |
| Rocco Glynn Morris Farms Jr. | $103,138 | $81,494 | -21% |
| Andrew Johnson | $203,352 | $80,888 | -60.2% |
| Marcam Holdings Partnership | $195,694 | $80,505 | -58.9% |
| Nu Agronomic Concepts | $95,426 | $79,361 | -16.8% |
| Larry D. Campbell Jr. | $169,185 | $78,665 | -53.5% |
| Bayou Farms Partnership | $181,869 | $77,351 | -57.5% |
| Kittle Brothers | $74,332 | $74,332 | 0% |
| C & L Planting Company | $260,170 | $72,596 | -72.1% |
| Eastover Plantation, Inc. | $89,980 | $72,494 | -19.4% |
| Tim Morris Farms | $119,821 | $68,352 | -43% |
| Dunn Farms | $240,731 | $67,140 | -72.1% |
| South Acre Farms, Inc. | $138,944 | $65,975 | -52.5% |
| Hotty Toddy Farms, LLC | $237,053 | $65,836 | -72.2% |
| Danny H. Campbell Jr. | $121,271 | $64,458 | -46.8% |
| Tim Morris | $184,041 | $64,365 | -65% |
| Roger Turnage | $222,090 | $62,408 | -71.9% |
| Humber Brothers | $152,345 | $62,037 | -59.3% |
| Osprey Corner, LLC | $0 | $59,892 | -- |
| Will E. Young III | $76,266 | $57,813 | -24.2% |
| Charles C. Craig | $105,190 | $57,015 | -45.8% |
| T & G Farms Partnership | $116,368 | $56,385 | -51.5% |
| RMR Farms, Inc. | $134,099 | $54,205 | -59.6% |
| Tom S. Cooper | $53,550 | $53,550 | 0% |
| Lawyer Wheeler Jr. | $123,180 | $50,603 | -58.9% |
| Horseshoe Bend PLTG Company | $165,182 | $50,499 | -69.4% |
| Rock Morris | $135,481 | $49,507 | -63.5% |
| Malatesta Farms, Inc. | $73,936 | $48,958 | -33.8% |
| Dawn D. Young | $70,128 | $48,107 | -31.4% |
| Morris Farms | $110,651 | $47,735 | -56.9% |
| Ratzlaff Farms, LLC | $103,679 | $47,423 | -54.3% |
| Big Twin, LLC | $47,092 | $47,092 | 0% |
| Brimar Farms, LLC | $114,846 | $45,917 | -60% |
| MM Farms, Inc. | $105,933 | $41,574 | -60.8% |
| Casco Farms | $119,679 | $39,974 | -66.6% |
| Richard J Noe | $135,247 | $39,950 | -70.5% |
| Marlin Holdeman | $97,565 | $38,016 | -61% |
| Z4 Farms, Inc. | $119,605 | $36,582 | -69.4% |
| James Jennings | $36,067 | $36,067 | 0% |
| H. E. Booth Jr. | $35,579 | $35,579 | 0% |
| Randy Gable Farms | $77,655 | $33,901 | -56.3% |
| M & R Farms | $72,494 | $32,948 | -54.6% |
| Weatherall Farms, Inc. | $106,699 | $32,785 | -69.3% |
| Double E Planting Company | $107,107 | $32,239 | -69.9% |
| Michael Shelton | $50,192 | $31,235 | -37.8% |
| Davon Ratzlaff | $67,130 | $30,273 | -54.9% |
| Kenneth O Williams Trust | $30,186 | $30,036 | -0.5% |
| Honey Hills Farms, Inc. | $78,093 | $29,564 | -62.1% |
| Wilson Lake Farms, LLC | $27,762 | $27,762 | 0% |
| John E Berry Farms, Inc. | $56,273 | $26,214 | -53.4% |
| H & S Family Farm LP | $25,860 | $25,860 | 0% |
| Will & Emily Farms, Inc. | $59,403 | $24,730 | -58.4% |
| Byrd Sons Residual Trust | $15,438 | $24,148 | 56.4% |
| Roosevelt Lee Jr. | $29,388 | $23,477 | -20.1% |
| River View Land Company | $26,782 | $22,970 | -14.2% |
| Lawanda Irby-Morris Farms | $36,163 | $22,943 | -36.6% |
| Butler Planting Company, LLC | $22,170 | $22,170 | 0% |
| Kathryn Davant Dodson Estate | $21,630 | $21,630 | 0% |
| George Hirsberg | $21,566 | $21,566 | 0% |
| Bowen Flowers | $17,710 | $21,125 | 19.3% |
| P. F. Williams III | $18,839 | $20,298 | 7.7% |
| Stoltman Farms, LLC | $55,872 | $20,039 | -64.1% |
| Doug Smith Jr. | $29,789 | $18,305 | -38.6% |
| Gist Farms, Inc. | $197,189 | $17,931 | -90.9% |
| Dalen K. Ratzlaff | $39,812 | $17,706 | -55.5% |
| Chow Properties, Inc. | $25,899 | $17,630 | -31.9% |
| Mattson Flowers | $14,647 | $17,419 | 18.9% |
| Preston Parker, Inc. | $192,197 | $17,233 | -91% |
| Michael Kevin Hudson | $15,538 | $15,238 | -1.9% |
| William E. Merritt | $11,356 | $13,296 | 17.1% |
| Andrea L Smith, M.D. | $19,632 | $13,245 | -32.5% |
| Heritage Farms, Inc. | $40,184 | $13,057 | -67.5% |
| Fran Mullens | $9,805 | $12,722 | 29.8% |
| Luke Gable | $123,542 | $12,712 | -89.7% |
| Betsy Harrington Estate | $0 | $12,695 | -- |
| Floyd W. Foster | $31,747 | $12,620 | -60.2% |
| Orie Koehn | $25,959 | $12,417 | -52.2% |
| Watts Brothers, Inc. | $32,009 | $12,144 | -62.1% |
| Glenn Radicioni Farms | $20,340 | $11,958 | -41.2% |
| Harvey B. Rodgers Jr. | $11,684 | $11,684 | 0% |
| Thomas W. Allen | $11,438 | $11,438 | 0% |
| Forbidden Farms, LLC | $4,625 | $11,309 | 144.5% |
| Greg Sartin | $11,128 | $11,128 | 0% |
| Greg Sartin | $11,128 | $11,128 | 0% |
| Barksdale Holdings, LLC | $10,623 | $10,623 | 0% |
| Margaret Elizabeth Barksdale Hollowell | $10,623 | $10,623 | 0% |
| Marcellini Farms, LLC | $10,539 | $10,539 | 0% |
| Strict Middling, LLC | $0 | $10,164 | -- |
| Goss Farms | $24,175 | $9,933 | -58.9% |
| M. B. McKee | $9,767 | $9,767 | 0% |
| Larry Campbell | $1,339 | $9,387 | 601% |
| David Wade | $16,054 | $9,381 | -41.6% |
| JFH Farms, LLC | $8,949 | $8,949 | 0% |
| Mary L. Crumpton | $8,759 | $8,759 | 0% |
| Willis Agent & Consulting Services, Inc. | $10,012 | $7,931 | -20.8% |
| Alan P. Byrd | $29,376 | $7,677 | -73.9% |
| Ellen E. Booth | $7,384 | $7,384 | 0% |
| B and T Farms Partnership | $11,000 | $6,831 | -37.9% |
| John T. Cooper | $6,160 | $6,720 | 9.1% |
| Frances Smothers | $9,523 | $6,540 | -31.3% |
| Jaw Land Company, Inc. | $6,285 | $6,285 | 0% |
| Margaret L Laney Exempt Residual Trust | $6,210 | $6,210 | 0% |
| Samuel Miller | $12,623 | $5,485 | -56.5% |
| William Cliff Heaton | $11,544 | $5,437 | -52.9% |
| Hamp Bass | $5,422 | $5,422 | 0% |
| John Christian Wiens | $16,122 | $5,373 | -66.7% |
| Mattson Farms | $5,206 | $5,206 | 0% |
| Evelyn L. Massey | $10,368 | $5,184 | -50% |
| J. M. Keenum Jr. | $5,176 | $5,176 | 0% |
| Stoltman Cattle Company, LLC | $17,963 | $5,022 | -72% |
| C & S Land Company, LLC | $4,995 | $4,914 | -1.6% |
| Bronwynn G Webster | $97,364 | $4,686 | -95.2% |
| Louella Glenn Graves | $3,848 | $4,679 | 21.6% |
| Richard B. Lewis | $4,648 | $4,648 | 0% |
| Longshot Land Company, LLC | $3,279 | $4,596 | 40.2% |
| Schmidt Fish Farms, Inc. | $69,198 | $4,496 | -93.5% |
| Charles Harry Flowers | $4,437 | $4,437 | 0% |
| Julius T. Fleming III | $4,370 | $4,370 | 0% |
| Brian Keith Mayo | $4,342 | $4,342 | 0% |
| Mary Agent, Inc. | $4,320 | $4,320 | 0% |
| Carolyn C. Garrett | $4,293 | $4,293 | 0% |
| Ryan Willis | $1,398 | $3,695 | 164.3% |
| Brenda C. Williams | $3,643 | $3,643 | 0% |
| Cynthia M. McGarrh | $3,638 | $3,638 | 0% |
| Gilroy Chow | $3,623 | $3,623 | 0% |
| Walter C. Rogers III | $6,351 | $3,614 | -43.1% |
| Jimmy Simmons | $3,588 | $3,588 | 0% |
| Kenyon J. Williams | $2,075 | $3,534 | 70.3% |
| Hopalong Cassidy Planting, LLC | $3,432 | $3,432 | 0% |
| Turnrow Farms Partnership | $3,404 | $3,404 | 0% |
| Galen Gable | $3,864 | $3,280 | -15.1% |
| Agent-Test, Inc. | $8,376 | $3,100 | -63% |
| Dominic Tavoleti Estate | $3,082 | $3,082 | 0% |
| Mary E Tavoleti | $3,082 | $3,082 | 0% |
| Chuck Vincent | $3,053 | $3,053 | 0% |
| Kim Allen | $7,524 | $3,000 | -60.1% |
| Gerald Deloach | $2,972 | $2,972 | 0% |
| Coahoma County Conservation Leagu | $2,806 | $2,806 | 0% |
| Stephen Y. Shultz | $2,098 | $2,800 | 33.5% |
| Estate of Andrea Lea Smith, M.D. | $0 | $2,790 | -- |
| John Andrew Morson | $2,754 | $2,754 | 0% |
| John B. Laney Jr. | $2,656 | $2,656 | 0% |
| Dawn R. Spinks | $1,860 | $2,601 | 39.8% |
| Rod Spinks | $1,860 | $2,601 | 39.8% |
| Robert Agostinelli Jr. | $2,568 | $2,568 | 0% |
| Jerry Homer Burchfield | $2,540 | $2,540 | 0% |
| Margaret L. Morris | $2,606 | $2,396 | -8.1% |
| James Walker | $2,356 | $2,356 | 0% |
| Heidelberg Irrevocable Trust | $2,328 | $2,328 | 0% |
| N. C. Sharp Jr. | $5,883 | $2,315 | -60.6% |
| Darrah Heaton, LLC | $2,230 | $2,290 | 2.7% |
| Alexander Harry Underwood | $1,003 | $2,147 | 114.1% |
| Mallory Morris Collins | $0 | $2,123 | -- |
| Jeffrey L. Simmons | $1,794 | $1,794 | 0% |
| Jimmy H. Goss | $1,682 | $1,643 | -2.3% |
| Patricia G. Hopkins | $1,682 | $1,643 | -2.3% |
| Diamond Ridge, Inc. | $1,628 | $1,628 | 0% |
| Brent Gable | $65,049 | $1,606 | -97.5% |
| Eldon E. Schmidt | $4,191 | $1,567 | -62.6% |
| Betty Smothers Burton | $979 | $1,444 | 47.5% |
| Woody M. Brown | $3,539 | $1,350 | -61.9% |
| Jonathan Pinkston | $1,191 | $1,191 | 0% |
| John Watts Farm Trust | $1,088 | $1,088 | 0% |
| Sandy Stillions | $1,087 | $1,087 | 0% |
| Robert E. Wright | $1,086 | $1,086 | 0% |
| Watts Brothers Farms, LLC | $0 | $1,068 | -- |
| Sina Tavoleti | $1,028 | $1,028 | 0% |
| Charles Phipps | $1,004 | $1,004 | 0% |
| Ann Christopher P Trotter Land Trust | $981 | $981 | 0% |
| Edward P Peacock, IV Land Trust | $981 | $981 | 0% |
| Virginia Casey P Douglas Land Trust | $981 | $981 | 0% |
| Roger Johnson | $918 | $918 | 0% |
| Charles Ball Jr. | $2,182 | $883 | -59.5% |
| Tynia Johnson | $802 | $802 | 0% |
| Georgia S Antici | $784 | $784 | 0% |
| Patricia Denton | $742 | $743 | 0.1% |
| Phyllis P. Howard | $704 | $621 | -11.8% |
| Paul T. Clegg | $514 | $514 | 0% |
| Phillip Clegg | $514 | $514 | 0% |
| Dalynda Gaston | $1,412 | $505 | -64.2% |
| Gertrude Collins | $623 | $488 | -21.7% |
| Kimberly Fava | $949 | $465 | -51% |
| Dawn P. Carraway | $463 | $463 | 0% |
| Frances Cooke Flowers | $351 | $351 | 0% |
| Dennis R. Weaver | $1,327 | $314 | -76.3% |
| Bob Burke | $301 | $296 | -1.7% |
| Charles Fyfe | $290 | $290 | 0% |
| Thomas Fyfe | $290 | $290 | 0% |
| Brennan E. Monty | $4,518 | $219 | -95.2% |
| Sasha Monty | $4,518 | $219 | -95.2% |
| Sherrye H Williams | $211 | $211 | 0% |
| Gaines Scott Flowers | $200 | $200 | 0% |
| Graydon R. Flowers | $200 | $200 | 0% |
| Amelia Flowers | $200 | $200 | 0% |
| Charles H. Flowers Jr. | $200 | $200 | 0% |
| Ann W Peacock Pecan Farms | $1,903 | $0 | -100% |
| Bp Farms | $9,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Hopson Bayou, Inc. | $157,243 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Lee Jones | $518 | $0 | -100% |
| K&R Cattle Company, LLC | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Kat Farms, Inc. | $41,066 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathryn D. Dodson | $1,558 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary G. Monty | $603 | $0 | -100% |
| Nature's Catch, LLC | $500,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Orlando Simon | $7,153 | $0 | -100% |
| Rudco Farms | $2,162 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandy Bayou Planting Company, LLC | $1,582 | $0 | -100% |
| W T and J Farms, Inc. | $146,915 | $0 | -100% |
| Hughes Farms | $123,794 | $0 | -100% |
| Mckee Planting Company | $72,223 | $0 | -100% |
| Dhane Burton | $3,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Emma Brown | $1,662 | $0 | -100% |
| John E. Berry | $18,922 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $37,460,507 | $14,221,193 | -62% |
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